Search results for

The Federal Reserve Board's interest rate cut this week was meant to stimulate investment. But as NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports, small businesses still need more help.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on a suicide car bombing today in a Tel Aviv suburb which killed two people and left more than 30 wounded.

On Earth Day, NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr examines President Bush's early decisions on the environment, and compares then to similar political battles from the 1960s.

This weekend the 28th annual International Whistler's Competition is being held in Louisburg, North Carolina. Scott speaks with whistler extraordinaire Christopher Ullman.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from Guatemala, one of the world's leading centers for international adoptions. Americans are turning more often to Latin America to adopt, and most are arranged legally, but there are problems.

Lisa talks with reporter Jason Beaubien from Quebec City about protest demonstrations by groups opposed to the Summit of the Americas meeting.

A private aircraft carrying American missionaries was shot down by the Peruvian air force yesterday when they mistook it for a drug smuggling plane. Host Lisa Simeone talks to freelance reporter Sharon Stevenson in Lima, Peru.

A judge in Atlanta ruled yesterday that a book patterned after Margaret Mitchell's classic Gone With the Wind is not a parody, and therefore not constitutionally protected. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

Scott speaks with Malika Oufkir. For about 20 years, Ms. Oufkir and her family was held captive by King Hassan of Morocco. She writes about it in a book titled Stolen Lives (with Michele Fitoussi, Hyperion) and speaks with Scott. (12:00) You can find out more information about her on in our Malika Oufkir feature page.

NPR's David Molpus reports on an alluring new book about getting the most out of your employees.